The Plumcake family arrives in Biskra. The wedding of their daughter, Miss Maud, will happen in the Sahara; however, their arrival in the oasis of merrymaking is delayed: they cross paths with a lion and get lost; a caravan comes by and saves the lost family. The spectacular ceremony can finally take place: the procession and dances begin.

Shadow theatre

Not specified

Switzerland

Geneva

Printed summary

Orientalism

Sahara

Caravan (travellers)

Algerian infantry

Algeria

Party

Ouled Naïl (Algerian nomadic tribe)

Desert

Wedding

Comical

Dramatic

Maurice Potter, engraving advertising the Théâtre du Sapajou, 1896.

French

English man

Wife

Lion

Goat

Arab

Berber

Husband

Algerian

Soldier

Colonial troop

Horserider

Dancer

Parade

Barker

Song

Dance

Le Mariage au désert

The Wedding in the desert